Last week, Knowledge at Wharton (their business school’s newsletter) sent out a promotion for a book titled “The Customer Base Audit” by three esteemed college professors. The authors believe an audit is “the first step on the journey to customer centricity”. I can’t argue with that or many of the other points they make about how […]
Oomiji Expands Platform Integrations with MergeLink to Query Purchase Intent Data
Published in MarTech Oomiji, the first predictive, conversation-enabled customer data platform, announced the expansion of its offering to 100+ platform integrations by integrating with MergeLink. This latest addition to Oomiji enables other platform users to pull in specific data on customer interests, needs, perceptions and emotions and for Oomiji clients to pull in data such as past […]
The answers to 3 simple questions determine success
There is a lot that you would like to learn from your customers and there’s no shortage of data or ways to get it. But what you really need to know in order to succeed are the answers to the three questions above. In the past, I’ve asked many CEOs , “Why do your customers […]
Lessons We Can All Take From The Decline In DTC Wine Sales
5 Questions To Ask Consumers are buying more wine than a year ago. That’s the good news and if you don’t look past that, everything looks rosy. DTC sales are still well above pre-pandemic levels but scratch the surface a bit and there are some reasons to ask questions on how the industry is encouraging […]
Recommendations for Selecting Digital Marketing Platforms
Survey from Oomiji finds 25% of marketers want better platform integrations Companies selling digital marketing platforms have a long way to go before they satisfy their customers. Earlier this year, we sent out a survey about marketers’ level of satisfaction with their marketing platforms. Only 8% of U.S. marketers said they’re happy with their digital […]
If Only You Believe, The Luxury Market Will Grow Forever
This morning, one day after I wrote and posted this article, Vogue Business reported on a decline in U.S. luxury sales. China is still growing but if you’re one of the companies, I refer to here, you’ll need a new way to learn your customers’ needs, build their brand loyalty and grow sales. We can […]
Isn’t it time that we considered a future that didn’t involve companies spying on us?
The headline to this article is the last sentence in a NY Times opinion article published today and it resonated with me because it’s one of the primary reasons we created our marketing platform, Oomiji. Most of us know that cookies and third-party tracking are coming to an end, but that will not stop the […]
A look back at Direct to Consumer for the wine industry but others take note
I published a blog post titled “DTC Wine Shipments are growing at a record pace. How long will it last?” in April of 2017. In it, I wrote about the euphoria around a 17% increase for DTC shipments the previous year. Several years before the pandemic, DTC was growing rapidly and Covid-19 gave it additional […]
Customer Data Challenges and Opportunities for Luxury Brands
Published in TotalRetail In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank failure and upheaval to the U.S. banking system, it’s time to reassess opportunities and challenges for the retail sector. Earlier this month, in an article on “premiumization,” The New York Times noted “a divide in the American economy” where the top 40 percent of […]
How smart is AI? Not smart enough.
The world is abuzz about AI and how it’s going to revolutionize our future in both good and bad ways. Hardly a day goes by when we don’t see an article in a major publication about it. Truth be told, we’ve been fascinated by it and have been looking at various AI tools to help […]